Sing-a-Long Beatlesongs

The Beatles are shamelessly co-opted in this 10-track compilation of sing-along songs. Featuring lead vocals by Bobby Cowsill (of the ‘60s group The Cowsills, which inspired The Partridge Family)—or karaoke versions—the rudimentary Sing-a-Long Beatlesongs superimposes lyrics of hits including “Good Day Sunshine,” “Let It Be,” “Yesterday,” “Hey Jude,” “Penny Lane,” and “Help” over weird poor quality clips of public domain animation from Fleischer Studios. Extras include archival clips of the real-life Beatles. More likely to appeal to stoned Boomers than the target audience of young would-be readers (what are kids going to make of “Paperback Writer”? “It's a dirty story of a dirty man / And his clinging wife doesn't understand.”), this is not a necessary purchase, at least not for children's collections. Aud: P. (J. Williams-Wood)